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J UNITED STATES OF AMEIIICA \ 



THE HOMES 



OF OUR 



FOREFATHERS 



BEING A SELECTION OF THE 



Oldest and Most Interesting Buildings, Historical Houses, 
and Noted Places in Massachusetts. 

From Original Drawings made on the Spot 



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EDWIN WHITEFIELD. 



THIRD EDITION. 



V /-.,. • oar- -■fw / 



BOSTON: 

A. WILLIAMS AND COMPANY. 

283 Washington Street. 

1880. 



COPYRIGHT BY E. WHITEFIELD, ISSO. 



TO THE READER. 



The object of tliis book is to preserve and hand down to all future posterity repre- 
sentations of the Homes of their Forefathers. From a variety of causes they are rapidly 
disappearing; and before long the places that now know them will know them no more. 
It has been a labor of love to the undersigned to collect these mementoes of the 
past, and his efforts have been ably seconded by many gentlemen to whom his thanks are 
hereby returned. He has labored under many disadvantages which cannot be here enu- 
merated ; but he has tried to do his work faitlifully, and no liberties have been taken with 
the old buildings represented, or with tlieir surroundings, merely for pictorial effect. It 
is true that a few houses have been sliglitly altered from what they are to what they 
were originally ; and sometimes an indifferent object, such as an old barn, or it may be a 
tree, has been left out or pushed aside to show the building to better advantage. Thus, if 
not photographically correct, they are sufficiently so for all practical purposes. 

Many persons will ask why Plymouth is so poorly represented. It is much to be 
regretted that so little which is old remains there ; and every one who visits the place is, 
in consequence, disappointed. Yet it must be borne in mind that Kingston was originally 
a part of Plymouth, and the old houses shown in that town are practically Plymouth 
houses ; so that, upon the whole, Plymouth is not so poorly represented as might at first 
sight appear. 

With these preliminary remarks he respectfully offers his book to all who are in- 
terested in the early history of those who laid the foundations of this Commonwealth, trust- 
ing it will meet with their approval. 

E. WHITEFIELD. 

Boston, Mass., July, 1880. 



DATE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS 



EARLY HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Cape Cod, so named by Capt. Gosnold and Iiis company 1602 

Settlement by Popliam and Gilbert on the Kennebec River, but soon afterwards aban- 
doned 1607 

The Pilgrims landed at Cape Cod, November 11, and then and there entered into a 

solemn covenant, and chose John Carver as their governor 1620 

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, and decided to make a settlement there, Decem- 
ber 22 1C20 

Weston's Colony settled at Weymouth 1622 

Rev. Mr. White, a minister of Dorchester, England, induced a number of persons, 

under a Mr. Winslow, to commence a settlement at Cape Ann .... 1624 

Endicott's Colony landed at Salem 1628 

Boston settled ; although Blackstone built a house here three or four years previously . 1630 

Roger Williams ordered to leave Salem 1634 

Connecticut settled at Windsor, by men from Dorchester, Massachusetts . . . 1635 
Mr. Hooker, with one hundred persons, left Cambridge, and settled Hartford, Con- 
necticut • . 1636 

Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams 1636 

Pequot War in Connecticut broke out 1637 

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Plymouth, and New Haven formed a confederacy for mutual 

protection ............... 1643 

The first witch trial in New England (Margaret Jones, of Chnrlestown) . . . 164S 

Silver money first coined by Massachusetts 1652 

Plymouth and Massachusetts united 1652 

Persecutions of the Quakers commenced 1656 

The King Philip War broke out • . . . . 1675 

The French and Indian War commenced, and lasted seven years .... 1690 

Witchcraft troubles at Salem ........... 1692 








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